August 24th 2014 -- Mets 11, Dodgers 3

Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles, Lucas Duda went 3 for 5 with his 25^th and 26^th homers and 5 RBI, the Mets claim the final game of their three game set with the Dodgers 11-3.  Making his first start back from a bereavement leave, the Dodgers scored a run off Bartolo Colon in the bottom of the 1^st on a RBI single by Matt Kemp.  The Mets took the lead for good in the top of the second on a solo homer by Travis d’Arnaud, his 12^th on the year, and an RBI triple by Eric Young Jr.  In the 3^rd the Mets took a commanding 7-1 lead scoring 5 times highlighted by a 3 run bomb by Duda and a two run homer by Ruben Tejada his 3^rd on the year.  In the 6^th Adrian Gonzalez notched his 6^th RBI in 2 games to make it 7-2. In the 7^th the Mets scored 3 more times on RBI singles by Daniel Murphy and Duda and a sac-fly from Juan Lagares.  The Dodgers scored their final run in the 8^th inning off Buddy Carlyle with an RBI triple by Dee Gordon.  Duda launched his 2^nd homer of the day in the top of the 9^th off Jamey Wright. Colon earned his 12^th win improving to 12-10 going 6 allowing just 5 hits 2 runs (both earned) walking 2 and striking out 5. Correia takes the loss.  In the bottom of the 6^th, Kemp grounded into a Triple play 5-4-3-2 with Yasiel Puig being tagged out at home. With the win the Mets improve to 61-70 and 31-38 on the year on the road.  The Mets are off on Monday. Tuesday they are back home in Flushing to start a 6 game home stand. First up the first of three against the Braves on Tuesday, Dillon Gee (4-6  3.84) goes for the Mets. Alex Wood (9-9  3.05) goes for Atlanta.